Bristol Bay Tribes Welcome Pebble Mine Permit Denial
From our tribal clients: Bristol Bay Tribes and others are celebrating today’s news that the Army Corps of Engineers will...
Hunting and Fishing Rights
We are the Land, We are the Air, We are the Water
In 2014, TransCanada, Inc., a company that develops and builds oil delivery pipelines, announced it would construct a pipeline from...
Trump’s Order Silences Alaskan Native Voices
NARF’s client, the Bering Sea Elders Group, released the following statement in response to today’s Executive Order. Bering Sea Elders...
PacRim Coal suspends permitting coal mine within the Ch’u’itnu; Powerful victory for the Native Village of Tyonek
Yesterday, the Native Village of Tyonek (NVT) secured a powerful victory in its fight against a proposed 25,000 acre open pit...
Letter from the Executive Director, Spring 2017
Letter from the Executive Director As we start this New Year – and a new Presidential Administration – I stand...
Federal Subsistence Board restores rural community status to Saxman Village
Yesterday the Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) officially restored the rural status of Saxman, Alaska. The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation...
Former NARF Board Member Billy Frank, Jr. to be awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
Yesterday, President Obama announced that Billy Frank, Jr. will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest...
NARF client Organized Village of Saxman testifies at U.S. House Subcommittee on Indian, Insular, and Alaska Native Affairs
Today The Honorable Lee Wallace, President of the Organized Village of Saxman (OVS), testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on...
‘Like a Family Member Has Come Home’: Celebratory Potlatch in Tyonek Honors Gift from The Nature Conservancy
Alaska made history earlier this week as leaders from NARF’s client, the Native Village of Tyonek, hosted a potlatch to...
United States Supreme Court Rejects Alaska’s Request for Review of the Katie John Decision
Today the United States Supreme Court rejected the State of Alaska’s petition for certiorari review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision...
